Chapter Practically to Prefiguration of P by Soule's Synonymes

2. Ancestor, forefather, progenitor, elder.

Predestinate, v. a. Predetermine, foreordain, preordain, predestine, foredoom, appoint before-hand.

Predestination, n. Predetermination, foreordinanation, preordination, foreordainment, foredoom, necessity, fate.

Predestine, v. a. Predetermine. See Predestinate.

Predetermination, n. See Predestination.

Predetermined, a. Foregone, already settled.

Predicable, a. Affirmable, attributable, holding true or good.

Predicament, n.

1. Situation (especially a bad situation), condition, state, position, posture, attitude, plight, case.

2. (Colloq.) Pass, pinch, push, extremity, exigency, emergency, conjuncture.

3. (Log.) Category, head of predication.

Predicant, n. Dominican, Jacobin, Blackfriar, preaching friar, frère prêcheur.

Predicate, v. a. Assert, maintain, aver, declare, say.

Predication, n. Assertion, declaration, averment, statement.

Predict, v. a. Foretell, prophesy, prognosticate, presage, augur, betoken, foretoken, portend, divine, forebode. See Vaticinate.

Prediction, n. Prophecy, prognostication, augury, presage, foreboding, vaticination, divination, soothsaying, foretelling, fore-announcement.

Predictive, a. Prophetic, presaging, foretelling, portending, betokening, foreshadowing.

Predictor, n. Foreteller, prophet, soothsayer, seer, vaticinator, augur, diviner.

Predilection, n. Prepossession (in favor of), partiality, preference, inclination, bent, leaning, bias, predisposition, liking, fondness, love, desire.

Predispose, v. a. Incline, dispose, bias, fit, prepare, make ready.

Predisposition, n.

1. Inclination, disposition, willingness, propensity, proclivity, leaning, bent, bias, proneness, natural tendency, aptitude.

2. Prepossession. See Predilection.